Defeating Communal Politics – Can Post-Election India Be Made Secular Again?
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The astonishing setback for Narendra Modi’s BJP in the Indian elections has raised the intriguing question of whether Indian voters have rejected the communal narrative targeting India’s non-Hindu minorities, particularly Muslims. How will the results affect India’s direction both internally and externally? Are there lessons that Pakistan needs to learn?
About the Speaker:
- Dr. Vivek Monteiro is the State Secretary of CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions) for Maharashtra and joint coordinator of the Trade Union Joint Action Committee in the state. With a background in theoretical physics, he earned his BSc from Bombay University, MS from Caltech, and PhD from SUNY Stony Brook, USA. His activism began during the anti-Vietnam War movement in the USA, and upon returning to India in 1974, he became a full-time trade unionist in 1977. Dr. Monteiro is also involved in the people’s science movement and has received awards for his contributions to math and science education, along with being a member of the Maharashtra state committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
- This session will be moderated by Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy.
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